DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 2330Z May 24, 2026
SMOKE: New Mexico/Central U.S.… The Seven Cabins Fire in Lincoln County, New Mexico continued to burn this evening, and produced a plume of light-density smoke drifting north-to-east. Isolated fires from Kansas to North Dakota produced small light-density smoke plumes drifting generally northeastward. Northwest Territories/Central Canada… Remnant light-density smoke was observed in northern Canada in the northwester Territories and Nunavut, extending south into north central CONUS. Pacific Northwest… The Jericho Creek fire in Montana was observed producing light to heavy-density smoke drifting eastward. Isolated surrounding fires were observed producing light density smoke generally eastward. Florida… A fire located in central Florida was observed producing light-density smoke fanning out drifting generally northward. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Mexico/Pacific Ocean/Gulf of America/Central America... Fire activity, aerosol emissions from gas flaring and other industrial activities, and remnant smoke from previous days contributed to a widespread layer of moderate-to-light density smoke and aerosols across Mexico and northern Central America. Smoke gathered along the Gulf coast of Mexico, and extended south over Guatemala and the Pacific coast. Light smoke spread west into the Pacific, south into northern Central America, and north over the western Gulf of America before meeting with multiple weather systems in the southern United States. Moderate-density smoke was observed across central and southern Guatemala and in the southern Gulf of America drifting southward across Mexico into the Pacific Ocean. DUST: Baja California… Light blowing dust was observed in northern Baja California drifting northeastward into the Gulf of California. Monaghan THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG:http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov